Paris 2024: Scuffles after Palestinian football fans show up in Israel-Paraguay match

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Minor scuffles happened between several Palestinian and Israeli football fans following the men's Group D match between Israel and Paraguay in the Paris Olympic Games at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on Saturday (July 27) night.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Scores of football fans showed up in the men's group D-match between Israel and Paraguay

00:08in the Paris Olympic Games, waving the Palestinian flags.

00:13The Palestinian fans were among the spectators at the Parc des Princes stadium on Saturday

00:18night.

00:19The fans also carried banners that read Genocide and Olympics, conveying the message on the

00:25attacks by Israeli forces in Gaza.

00:33Minor scuffles happened following the match.

00:38This Palestinian fan, who said that he just came to watch the match and he had the right

00:42to carry the flag of any countries, was confronted by an Israeli fan.

00:48Both sides were then separated by the other fans.

01:05The match ended with a 4-2 win for Paraguay.

01:09Marcelo Fernandez scored twice for Paraguay and Fabian Balbuena, and Julio Enciso added

01:16two more to cancel out the goals by Oscar Glosch and Omri Gandelman.

01:21The match was held amid tight security due to the tension in Gaza.

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